The book of ornamental alphabets, ancient and mediaeval, from the eighth century, with numerals; including Gothic; church text, large and small; German arabesque; initials for illumination, monograms, crosses, etc., for the use of architectural and engineering draughtsmen, masons, decorative painters, lithographers, engravers, carvers, etc. etc.

Royal Svo, oblong, price 4s. cloth.

MODEM ALPHABETS,

INCLUDING

GERMAN, OLD ENGLISH, SAXON, ITALIC, PERSPECTIVE, GREEK, HEBREW,
COURT HAND, ENGROSSING,

Tuscan, Iftfoantr, ffiotlw, Busttc, anti Arabesque;

With several Original Designs, and
AN ANALYSIS OP THE ROMAN AND OLD ENGLISH ALPHABETS,

LARGE, SMALL, AND NUMERALS.

For Ihe ee of Draughtsmen, Surveyors, Masons, Decorative Painters, Lithographers,
Engravers, Carvers, &c.

COLLECTED AND ENGRAVED BY

F. DELAMOTTE.

C. L0CKW00D ft CO.

7, STATIONERS' HALL
COURT,

PRIMER OF ILLUMINATION

FOR THE USE OF BEGINNERS,

WITH A RUDIMENTARY TREATISE ON THE ART, PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS
FOR ITS EXERCISE, AND

CHOICE EXAMPLES

FROM

MISSALS AHG GTHEB ILLUMINATED MSS.
BY F. DELAMOTTE.

PKOIMTPS® OM @©y§> AKI® (g®L@yR§0

" The volume, very beautifully got up, is as ornamental as it is useful, and we can
heartily recommend it to the notice of those who wish to become
^\ proficient in the Art."— English Churchman.

C. L0CKW000 * CO.

&7, STATIONERS' HALL
COURT,

LONDON!

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THE

FIE@M TIE

WITH NUMERALS.

INCLUDING

(Sotjjit; (SImrtJj ifet, J arge an> Small; (Soman ^rafasqne; Initials for Illumination,

MONOGRAMS, CROSSES, &c-

FOR THE USE OF

ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING DRAUGHTSMEN, MASONS, DECORATIVE PAINTERS, LITHOGRAPHERS, ENGRAVERS, CARVERS, kc< Jbc

COLLECTED AND ENGRAVED BY F. DELAMOTTE.

FIFTH

EDITION-

LONDON : LOCKWOOD AND CO., 7, STATIONERS' HALL COURT.

1863.

PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION.

P S there are no works of Ancient Alphabets of any excellence published in
I || a cheap form, I have been induced, after many years' study and research in
my profession as a Draughtsman and Engraver, to offer this collection to
/(| the favourable notice of the public, trusting that its very moderate price

and general usefulness will be a sufficient apology for the undertaking.

The demand for a Fourth Edition within so short a period of the
publication of the Third, has convinced me in the most agreeable manner
that it has been a work required by the public. To render it still more,
worthy of their attention, I have here introduced some additions, likely to
enhance the interest and increase the value of the pages, as an indication of
the esteem which I have held the encouragement, and the respect I have
paid to the suggestions of the purchasers of this book, and the critics by whom it lias beec
so liberally reviewed.

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INDEX

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8th Century. Vatican

8th Century. British Museum

8th and 9tu Centuries. Anglo-Saxon . . . •

9th Century. From an Anglo-Saxon Mb. .Bat-
tel Abbey

From MS. Library of Minerva, Eome

IOtii Century. British Museum

11th Century and Numerals . .

12th Century. From the Mazarin Bible . . .
12th Century. Two small. British Museum . .

12th Century. British Museum

12rn Century. Bodleian Library

13th Century. Henry III. Westminster Abbey.

13th Century. From Latin MS

13th Century. MS

11th Century. Date about 1340

14th Century. British Museum

14th Century. Illuminated MS

14 th Century. Hichard II. 1400. Westminster
Abbey

14tu Century. Richard II. 1400. Small. West-
minster Abbey

Utii Century. British Museum

IItii Century. From MS. Munich

14th and 15th Centuries. Two Small. British
Museum

1475. British Museum

1480. British Museum

] 490. British Museum •

Henry VII. Westminster Abbey

AGE
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9

4

5

6

7

8

9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

18

19
20
21

22
23
24
25
26

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15th and 16th Centuries. German 27

15th and 16th Centuries. German. Small . . 28

15th and 16th Centuries. Ornamental Ribbon . 29

16th Century. Henry VIII. MS 30

16th Century. From Italian MS 31

16th Century. From Albert Durer's Prayer

Book. Large 32

16th Century. Albert Durer's Prayer Book . 33

Vatican 34

Gothic. MS 35

Gothic 36

Gothic. MS 37

Large, Small, and Numerals.

MS 38

16th Century.
16th Century.
16th Century.
16th Cektury.
16th Century.
French.

17th Century. MS 39

17th Century Church Text. MS 40

German Arabesque 44

German Arabesque. Small 42

Metal Ornamental 43

Initials 44

Initials 4->

15th Century 4.6

Initials 4/

Numerals 48

Numerals 49

16th Century 50

16th Century 51

16tu Century. From Wood Engravings .... 52

Monograms, Crosses, &c 53

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Small 4to, price 6«. clotii, antiq

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MEDIEVAL ALPHABETS

AND

IHimtB FOH ILUlMiHATGHS,
BY R DELAMOTTE.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J. WILLIS BROOKES.

AND

TWENTY-ONE HIGHLY FINISHED PLATES,
PRINTED IN COLD AND COLOURS.

This is unquestionably one of the most beautiful and at the same time the cheapest
selection of Examples for Students of the Art of Illumination which has
ever been published.

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Ttt obloug royal octavo, price 2,. 6tf boatds
THE

EMBROIDERERS'

-M.

CONTAINING

INITIALS, CYPHERS, ORNAMENTAL BORDERS,

ECCLESIASTICAL DEVICES, MOHGCBAMS,
lights P&hctad anb ©riginal,

COLLECTED AND ENGRAVED

BY F. DELAMOTTE

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